Hi I am an aboriginal man from the Daintree Rainforest I recently flew to Groote Island to start work for an earthmoving company boss name Barry as I overheard a phone conversation he was having with his son he said are the nigers still playing up I was only 2 m away I understand why so many of our indigenous kids choose to not travel and work throughout this country due to the experiences and story shed of members that have gone before them Australians like these I don't know why you are so angry obviously it's in your DNA be happy you have our country you have our inheritance you have privileges that we don't have if we both had a race with no handicaps who you think would win I know where I would put my money

I was racially assaulted once by a staff in a brand clothing shop Trenery. I was simply been yelled ‘go away’ by saying ‘Hi how are you’ to her. After I complained to the brand no one follow up no apology and I still saw that staff work at the shop from her face I knew she didn’t feel bad about what she did at all.

Got to experience this lovely racism first hand when I went to the Gold Coast with my family (I’m a white Canadian) and my husband is Moroccan. No hiding their racism especially the older Aussie’s out right ignored my husband and talked only to me .

Even as a white foreigner you’re subject to major xenophobia, especially in the labour market. Can’t imagine how horrible it must be for those who also have to put up with racism here.

im colored brown wog living in this majority white australian country. i dont feel a part this country and i never will. people of color including myself are often treated like 2nd class citizens in this country. there is strong underlying racism in this country and being a wog i experience it on a daily basis with violent threats, exclusion, discrimination, alienation etc. when aussies get drunk and start racially abusing people THEY ARE NOT JOKING. white australians might seem to tolerate difference but they surely dont want to accept it. racism in this country is systemic and sophisticated all the way from the top down to everyday social interactions

So it's not only me who feels people in Australia run away from a conversation about racism.

Thank you for your speech and the video. Yes, racism is everywhere in Australia. It's an ongoing issue. Especially Queensland area- Gold Coast. I used to live in Sydney and I've never experienced racism there. By the way, I'm Eurasian, half white and half Asian. Racism in Gold Coast-> Sea world, supermarket, cafe, checkout, shops, bars, streets. Racists are so shallow... I love being half ASIAN.

As a Indian in Oz, i love it when i get commented on my perfect ozzi english, which has no Indian accent i just reply "my family has had a lot of time to practice since were been here around the late 1840's how about yourself" i know it's petty but i can't help myself.

That’s a harsh truth. And they have only white Australian policy in their laws till 70s

Growing up as a fair skinned indigenous person in Australia, after 30 years it still surprises me how ingrained racism is for so many 'australians'. Someone can make an offhanded comment and walk away bot having to think about it again, where as the person on the receiving end is left to deal with that energy for days at least.

From personal experience, there’s a subdued racism in Australia which tends to be quite petty. And they always make pathetic excuses to illogically reason their shallow remarks. Instead of being a dignified human being. I feel like it’s common to go below the belt here even when it’s never warranted. The problem here - is that because we are so petty about things (politics, skin colour, race, toxic culture), we are falling behind globally and economically in areas which really matter to society - such as tech, medicine, finance etc. and we lean on other countries to “do it first” because we are so afraid to be innovate, because being innovative means OPENING YOUR MIND. Being authentic and generating useful things for the betterment of society and humankind as a whole is not even comprehensible to many (even in surprisingly high positions of power) because the culture here… is to bully. There’s also a tenancy to racially profile here, without the aide of someone who is actually qualified to give that opinion.

Seriously, the Australian flag needs to feature a Platypus, a Kangaroo, a Koala bear, and a Wombat attacking the Bitch of Windsor.

Child protective services actually have a higher threshold for removing aboriginal children. The fact that aboriginal children are 8 times more likely to be removed is more indicative of differences between indigenous and non-indigenous communities.

As an Indian student back in 2008 things were rough. Especially students live in poorer suburbs and there ppl don't have the tact to hide their racism..it's too much in your face. Things have changed for me since then..but still there is brazenness among certain ppl that indians won't say anything back so u can say or do stuff.

if anyone wants to know how the western societies treated people of colour in the 70s and 80s, go to Australia.its a time capsule!

So strange that although I am light skinned I could identify with everything he said. I moved to Australia at the age of 10 months old from Germany. We lived there from 1981 until 1995.My father was German, my mother a coloured South African, I was also not taught my father's language because he was trying to learn English. Although I looked white whenever people heard I was an immigrant I was treated differently oddly enough mostly because of my German side. Although Australia was the only country I'd ever known, I always felt like an outsider. Kids would make comments about my lips which were larger than everyone else's at the time. Now people pay for lip enhancement. I left Australia when I was 15 for South Africa after apartheid was abolished and it was no longer a crime for my parents to be married. I felt like I was coming home even though I'd never lived there before. There is alot of racism and bigotry in SA but we don't pretend it doesn't exist. I had far for racism directed at me in Australia than in SA. I can't remember learning in school the true history of Australia and what was done to the indigenous people there but I definitely learnt about the history of apartheid at school in SA. This is part of systematic racism, creating a narrative that doesn't make you feel bad.I learnt more about convicts and ANZAC'S than I ever knew about aboriginal history during my time at school in Hobart and I was there til the beginning of grade 10. Who knows maybe it was taught in later grades but even if it was it should've been taught in primary school. By no means am I saying all Australian's are racist but in my time spent in Tasmania that was my experience and I still love Tasmania and hope to take my kids there one day because it's one of the most beautiful places in the world with some amazing people and helped form the person I am today. Always remember that just because you haven't experienced something personally doesnt mean that someone else's experience isn't true.

Thanks Johnno, you have done us all a great service in making a complex and largely invisible issue easier to understand and see. The thing for me as a whitefella is that to confront and begin to talk about this stuff doesnt mean I have to hang my head in shame and wallow in self/cultural denigration it actually inspires me to become more deeply human. Isnt the essence of humanity to be able to learn from past/present mistakes and aspire to do better? To be human is to be connectted to other humans and if my fellow human is being denied there full humanity I lose out too. Selfishness/self centredness leads to loneliness and bitterness ala Pauline Hanson. No thanks! Australia surely WE Can Do Better.

Dang. Thank you for explaining all of this in such a clear non-judgemental way. This talk has opened my eyes a little bit wider

Right on mate, I'm Ngarrindjeri first nations, they can deny racism is not a problem in the country but they who claim there isn't have no lived experience as a brown skinned man, to admit to it is an admission of guilt

Australia is no different to the United Kingdom and the USA and not for getting Canada.

Sad realities

Interesting look into how this issue impacts another country. Insightful.

This guys speaks like a poet...........

As Thomas Sowell once said : "When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment feels like discrimination".

I have an English accent. People ask me where I am from. This is Australia. It is a nice way to say "hello". Just be nice.

As an Australian and a minority, it blows me away when groups pander to society with their false ideologies and bullshit rhetorics about racism. It makes me ashamed as a minority and makes my blood boil to hear this baseless liberal dogma. If you view everyone as a racist, maybe you should start with yourself.

Crazy how everything he mentioned, down to the statistics and history mirrors America. Sad to realize that "fear of the other" pervades even predominantly black countries throughout Africa.

can someone here tell me the difference between person of color and colored person?

the man speaks the real truth

Excellent. Well articulated. Would like to see more.

Thankyou Jonathon Sri ..powerful....so may things you say resonate

Great work bro

I totally agree...very well said.

Aboriginal kids are 8 times more likely to be removed from parents because of extreme demostic violence.. you should hear some of the horror stories and what go's on in Aboriginal communities.

The number of dislikes on this prove that what he just said is relevant

solid 👌

I'm very curious what Australians think about Russians that immigrated there?I want to say that sometimes I thinking about immigration to Australia but seeing let's say by *misunderstanding* among people about taking jobs from them makes me confused about it. Here in Moscow, I have quiet decent job. I am railway station manager on a big railway station graduated from university 2 years ago. However, if I would go to Australia I would be half-literate for aussie people because my English would be poor and I won't have local experience and education so I won't be able to occupy same position there. I may be wrong with all of that and would be happy if things not like that. Moreover, I have no idea about multiculturalism and what its like by the way I'm Christian.

That was excellent. It really underscores what racism is, and how to be aware of how we, as whites, are advantaged.

why would anyone want to come australia?

Culture matters. It's not just a matter of 'race'.

Their silence in noted around the world

So eloquent and easy to listen to, well done Jonno.

That's a powerful presentation. Thanks for choosing to be a voice against racism

The currency was used to be rum explains alot about the people and there offspring today

Thanks for the great talk!

This made me read up on the 2005 Cronulla riots, I suggest you all do to. The retaliation from the "men of middle eastern appearance" was brutal.

Bro if you’re reading your poem while dressed as a clown at a speaking event and still manage to get paid, you’re doing ok. Lighten up.

Wow!

Although I love to listen to Jonathan speak, I believe he misses the elephant in the room. Systemic economic and educational inequality is what oppresses non-whites more than discrimination in Australia. I would be interested in the stats for incarcerated non-whites divided by both economic wealth and educational advantage, and those without it. Would those stats be similar to those identifying as white? The more important issue is Inequality. Discrimination is illegal, however, inequality is not. Discrimination is a distraction that divides our nation, instead of uniting us against those fanning the inequality that leads to oppression.

Cronulla were reactions to bully boys who came to the area with a chip on their shoulder and started spitting on women. They enacted violent acts on skippies. Did you say that...did you know that. Cronulla did not happen in a vacuum.

I'm one of the White Systemic Racists Jonathan talks about and I think he's hit the nail fair and square on the head! I loved his presentation and poetry and he presented his ideas very well. We do need to discuss this issue critically and analyse the systems continue this racism. Thank you Jonathan.

Brilliant, thank you.

Im brown and live in Australia. Some lady said i look like an uber eats driver.

Well done!

I don't recall any anti Chinese riots. Or anti Jew riots. Or anti Indian riots. Gee it's almost as if Aussies hate Muslims for a good reason, not just blind hatred without a reason

Unlike modern migrants, the first British settlers didn't sail into an established society with dams, roads, buildings, power stations, power and water distribution networks and telecommunications. They didn't come to get a share of the stuff built by another people's ancestors. The white people who built Australia are entitled to bequeath the fruits of their labour to their own descendants, who are of the same race as themselves. Asian and African immigrants come to get a slice of white people's inheritance.

They are xenophobics as well.

THANK YOU I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM JUST SEEING THIS AND THIS IS VERY TIMELY OF WHATS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. ALSO SO HAPPY THAT A FELLOW BROWN PERSON SPOKE ON THIS ISSUE!!!

Race exists. People have the right to be proud of their race. No one cares if you are liberal or progressive. They shall be proud of their history and achievements. (I don't support slavery, I hate it)

I find your insights go deeper than just Australian racism, and I can hear the echos in American racism. They just didnt ever take our guns away. Thank you for being a mirror for this american and all our white fragility!!

...huh? Acknowledging systemic racism in the terms this speaker puts it sounds more like a religious movement towards a Communist state than anything to actually combat the supposed inequity he keeps citing. Dear man, you're saying the hospital doesn't work because everyone dies anyway. If you want to radically restructure the country of Australia please be honest about what structure you prefer, because I'm starting to sense it will look completely different than what most Australians would actually want.

lol, I remember we went down to Adelaide from NSW to attend my dad's uni ceremony for something, and the guy next to him was nice enough: Dude: so where are you from? My dad: Albury-Wodonga Dude: huh, where's that? My dad: it's along the border of Victoria and NSW Dude: oh cool...... My dad:....... Dude:.......so where are you ORIGINALLY from?

Well, Jonathan Sri just got a like for me on his social channels. This talk is more relevant today, then ever. He's not wrong.

Since when did Ted talks become slam poetry?

I'm white with an accent. It's not only your skin color, don't worry

I lived and studied in Australia Adelaide for 8 years. It was the biggest mistake in my life i should have went to US, Canda. I have saw and faced racism in Australia almost everyday even with small things like ordering cup of coffee or chicken burger . Ironically , people like me were good to thier ecnomy we bring money to thier country and thier system from our own countries. Anyway, I adviced my friends and relatives to not choose Australia for studying and all of them listen and went to US.

why is this video having so less views...

Its ok to be racist . Everyone is racist .

Thanks, jonathan sri. I am a professional Banker & was thinking of moving to Australia, But now I have changed my mind. I have been thinking that It's a Great Country but now I get to know why do people call it 'Down & under'

I am of darker skin colour and live in Germany. I thought about going to Australia to work and travel a bit, but now..... Is there an Australian in the comment section who could tell me, if I should consider another country, so is racism that omnipresent?

Wow! This guy nailed it. I often refer back to the political campaigns & subsequent racially motivated policies after federation by Billy Hughes, Andrew Deakin & Arthur Caldwell... this guy highlights the progeny of those policies decades later.

Not being able to to step outside yourself and judge is a trait that is never respected. balance your engagement a bit instead of pointing the finger at everyone else.

Thank you. This is well articulated

This TedTalk really put into perspective the experience of most ethnic minorities as well as the first nations people of Australia. Systematic racism is what we should be taught about in history and political classes in high-school. I stand with his message, and i hope all the viewers can take his message and put it into practice.

Please find me any examples of Pauline Hanson using “old school racism”

I'm used to the pokered faces, dishonesty, vague indirect language and sarcasm. Lol.

One of my all time favourites speeches. This is just so important crucial information and so well presented, never seen anything so compact about systemic racism. Big up brother Jonathan Sri thank you for this we appreciate you so much

So RADICAL STRUCTURAL REFORM will make systematic racism go away? And can you give some of those examples of radical structural reform that will make systematic racism go away worldwide? I hear talks about the problem all over the .net but seldom suggestion for reform. One thing I have noticed.... TV ads show very few white skin people lately.

What is the definition of "White"??

True bro.

So true!!!

I wouldn't step foot down under.

A few weeks ago, the voice to parliament referendum. The bigot has just had a massive boost in confidence.

You're right. ! 👍

My friend is Indian. She has a beautiful face and smooth bronze skin which is the envy of every pasty white girl in our school. She said she's never been racially attacked by white Australians. However lots of Indians and Asian girls have been rude to her because of her skin colour. They think white "fair" skin is better. But whiteness isn't beauty. A person's facial features make them beautiful. I don't get it.

great speech brother, thank u.

Joanne Carr tells other people to get a job when half of her WT family are jobless. 4053 Queensland.

3 days into my visit in Australia i got into an argument with an Aboriginal man, i accidentaly bumped into him as he was standing right in front of my barstool, so i got up and tried to give him some space. He then started to threaten me, intimidate me and verbally abuse me, while i literally did nothing wrong. What i'm trying to say, is that racism is indeed a thing, but its overlooked when it happens to white folks like me. So even though i love this video and the message he is spreading, i call bullshit on the whole 'white privilege'' thing, i had terrible, racist shit happen to me even though i'm white. We're all in this together im afraid...

Nothing has changed

Great video

Wasn’t until I migrated to an Asian country that I realised despite the racial issues faced in Australia it is a paradise compared to what goes on in Asia. Non Asians face lots of passive aggressive racism against them, and upfront racism is not uncommon. Just read the comments section anytime a “foreigner” steps out of line in Singapore for example. No other country in the region has the levels of migration that Australia has, and all in all this indicates migrants willingness to want to live in Australia no matter what.

The Aboriginals are the sweetest,kindness,nicest people you will ever meet.😊😊

It's hardly fair to criticize western nations of poorly handeling challenges to their social customs, when other nations recieve little to no damnation for their own social practices. If nothing else, the willingness for Australia to accept criticism gives them an edge on most cultures.

In my experience, playing the professional victim doesn't change anything for the better.

sounds like this is the racist guy he is talking about. racism is everywhere. why not he go to iran and try this speech, what are the results of that? hrmm? how about in an big usa city ghetto. he wont even get the chance to make a speech. who is racist now, huh? !! i dont live in oz nor do i know much about the people except on screen, but i do know who is typically racist of all the people he is talking about.

I wanted to study in AUSTRALIA after hearing it was a racist hell, I would rather not even visit the country. It has beautiful nature spots but racism really rules out the chance for any education there. AND SO the INDIAN students will go to the UK or Canada where Indians are allowed to grow irrespective of their skin colour. And where we dont get shot or beaten by up every day. And AUSTRALIA lost millions in student income.

Australia should be boycotted

The same things happen in the USA

So I am a white Australian so I must be racist right? Obviously, I created that racist culture and I most certainly was not raised in a schooling environment where everyone has a fair chance, that racism is wrong and punishable. Clearly.

its not color it's culture that annoys me. Adopt the culture of the place u go to don't try to maintain the one u left.